Changed expression and function of P-gp in peripheral blood CD56 + cells predicting chemoresistance in non-Hodgkin lymphoma patients

Cancer Biomarkers : Section a of Disease Markers
Li HanJing Ke Yang

Abstract

Multi-drug resistance (MDR) remains to be a major obstacle toward successful chemotherapy of NHL patients. P-glycoprotein (P-gp), a classical protein associated with MDR, has been observed in peripheral blood CD56 + cells with high expression and activity. While the CD56 expression has been shown to be associated with a highly aggressive clinical course and chemoresistance in Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). To investigate the role of peripheral blood CD56+ cells in predicting the MDR of NHL by determining the P-gp expression and function of the CD56+ cells. The expression levels of MDR1 mRNA and MRP1 mRNA and the function of P-gp in the CD56+ cells were evaluated by RT-qPCR and flow cytometry respectively in 52 chemoresistant and 47 chemosensitive NHL patients and 48 healthy donors. In the chemoresistant group, the mRNA expression level of MDR1 elevated about 2∼8 fold (mean = 4.24 ± 0.17) in the purified CD56+ cells, whereas there was only about 1∼2.5 fold (mean = 1.69 ± 0.41) elevated for the MRP1 gene. The mean fold change of MDR1 mRNA expression in the chemoresistant group significantly increased when compared with that in the chemosensitive patients (P < 0.001). The mean fluorescence intensities (MFI) in the total gated CD56+ a...Continue Reading

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